This week’s Product Roundup highlights rugged interconnects from leading connector manufacturers and suppliers. Rugged Interconnects The Cinch Dura-Con Micro-D connectors available from PEI-Genesis offer a lightweight solution without compromising performance. Built to stringent MIL-DTL-83513 standards, these rugged, high-performance, and compact rectangular connectors are ideal for harsh environments, including rail applications. The JK06 Series from JAERead More

This week’s Product Roundup highlights connectors for energy applications from leading connector manufacturers and suppliers. Connectors for Energy Applications PEI Genesis supplies the Souriau UT0 circular metal connector series. UT0 features an IP68/69K sealing level and shielding capability for use in harsh environmental conditions such as high vibration levels, water, or shock. It provides aRead More

This week’s Product Roundup highlights connectors for medical diagnostics from leading connector manufacturers and suppliers. Connectors for Medical Diagnostics PEI-Genesis offers LEMO’s Redel P Series push-pull self-latching connectors featuring a secure mechanical connection with a push-pull self-latching system and an audible click when mated. Standard and reverse gender configurations and multiple mechanical keying options areRead More

The role of AI in military operations is expanding to battlefields, where it is used to defend, attack, and observe. This technology has great potential but comes with considerable technical and ethical considerations. Artificial intelligence is playing a new role in civilian life, business operations, and government projects, and it has now expanded to militaryRead More

MIL-PRF-39012 connectors bring high reliability to a wide range of RF devices and assemblies such as amplifiers, transceivers, filters, antennas, and more. Previously referred to as MIL-C-39012, this standard defines the materials, quality conformance, qualification, and verification for coaxial connectors. As industries continue to adopt high-reliability coaxial cable assemblies, MIL-PRF-39012 is increasingly important for manufacturingRead More

This week’s Product Roundup highlights high-speed connectors from leading connector manufacturers and suppliers. High-speed connectors The Amphenol R-VPX Evolution Series, available at PEI-Genesis, offers high-speed modules capable of 16+ Gb/s data rate transfers. The series supports the latest high-speed protocols while still meeting OpenVPX requirements. The R-VPX Evolution Series meets VITA 46 and 47 requirementsRead More

New-to-market connectivity products, including interconnects, wire, cable, and cable assemblies, sensors, antennas, materials, accessories, tools, and development kits. September 2025 New Connectivity Products September 2025 New Connectivity Products > Interconnects, etc. DigiKey added more than 32,000 innovative new product introductions (NPIs) in the second quarter of 2025, extensively expanding its range of products available for same-day shipment. In total, the distributor added over 236,000 new productsRead More

This week’s Product Roundup highlights contacts and plating from leading connector manufacturers and suppliers. Contacts and Plating PRECI-DIP AS39029-rated contacts, available from PEI-Genesis, feature a patented reversed clip socket design which provides a smaller difference between insertion and extraction forces. They offer reduced dispersion of the force values, as well as higher redundancy of theRead More

Wireless communication has become woven into every aspect of our daily lives, making it crucial to design systems with reliable components — and to keep counterfeits out of the equation. From transportation logistics networks and Smart Cities to emergency services and air traffic control, wireless communication continues to transform every industry and aspect of lifeRead More

This week’s Product Roundup highlights power connectors for transportation from leading connector manufacturers and suppliers. Power Connectors for Transportation Amphenol’s SurLok Plus connectors from PEI-Genesis are a field installable alternative to common compression lugs. Features include IP67 protection, touch-proof, and RoHS compliance. The products also contain RADSOK contact technology. They are designed to support electricRead More

Meet the Cable: Coaxial Cables Their design was first used in 1858 and patented by mathematician Oliver Heaviside in 1880, yet these reliable and cost-effective cables are still widely used to transmit data, video, and voice communication. Today, they are even used for power in certain applications. Coaxial or coax cable is used to transmitRead More

This week’s Product Roundup highlights rugged and reliable sensors from leading connector manufacturers and suppliers. Rugged & Reliable Sensors Onboard camera modules in North American and European markets, especially digital camera modules for ADAS (automotive driver assistance system) sensing applications, have experienced increasing demand due to laws and regulations. To meet these demands, JAE hasRead More